Tooth-powder.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE,

ROSE YEGANIAN, OF YONKERS, NEW YORK.

TOOTH-POWDER.

Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Sept. 23, 1913. Applicationfiled January 4, 1918. Serial No. 740,226.

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In a 1 in the owder, the same is ap plied b y a to o th briish or othermeans in a moist state.

The pineapple is cut up in small particles and desiccated and whenthoroughly dried is pulverized before mixing with the other,ingredients. The comminuted and desiccated pineapple, when moistprovides a fibrous substance in the tooth powder, that takes the placeofan abrasive, while the acid also earned thereby, assists in cuttingthe artar accumulation from the teeth.

What is claimed is:

A tooth powder composed of pulverized cloves, salt, rhubarb, charcoal,and pulverized and desiccated pineapple pulp.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

ROSE YEGANIAN;

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, Rosa YEoANIAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Yonkers, in the county of Westchester and State of New York,have invented a new and useful Tooth-Powder, of' which the following isa specification.

The present invention relates t6 improvements 1n tooth powders, theobject of the present invention being the production of a tooth powder,the ingredients of which are so compounded as to, when used, strengthenthe gums, cleanse the teeth and purify the breath. V

In compounding der, ground cloves,

the present tooth powsalt (sodium chlorid), rhubarb, desiccated andpulverized pineapple'and pulverized charcoal, are employed.

The preferred proportions of these ingredients are as follows :--groundcloves, 1 ounce; salt, 2 ounces; rhubarb, 8 ounces; pineapple, 8 ounces;charcoal, 8 ounces. These ingredients have to be in a pulverized stateso that when the same are roperly mixed and compounded a dry pow er isthe resultant.

Witnesses:

MATTHEW A. Baoomuox,

SAML. NADDER.

